The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-08
GEN RRAL NEWS.

BUSINESS good.
CLEAR and warm.
RIVER stationary.
THK Chickassw had a good trip for
White river.
WILL s. HAYS for Arkansas City
this evening.
The Joe Peters leaves Saturday for
White river.
TRsSRs'KE river Is rising slowly at
Chattanooga.
yHE Arkansas river is rising rapidly
at Fort Smith.
THK Oakland is coming from New
Orleans with six barges,
CAPT. ]. FRANK ELLISON is to build
a hne iron hull sidewheel steamer for
the Grafton trade.
THR City Of Baton Rouge was ex
pected to pass here last night ON her
way TO New Orleans.
AN effort 10 being made 10 have the
river engireers organize u national die.
,rict OF the Knights OF Labor.
THK Rene Macready, from 0sceols,
brought So bales cotton, Is bsgs seed
cotton and GA sacks cotton seed.
The Emma E.heridse ltf. here for
Mound City, towing several targes,
which will 20 on the docks there for
repairs.
THK Anchor Line packets leaving
here tomorrow s'e the CITY Of Weeks
burg at 10 o'clock a m, and ths O.ty
OF Proyidenc9 Tor 81. Louis at b o'clock
pm.
THE sixteenth annual meeting Of
the National Board Of Steam Naviga-
ton viii be held at the Filth Avenue
Hotel, Nav York City, October Attn,
9th aud Oh.
THR Chss. =. Uhouteau Is on the
dOoke ut Carondelet and Ia receiving
new engines. She will enter the Mem.
pits aud Nav Orleans cotton trade In
about two weeks.
TnK Coshoms, from Pfiars Point,
brought 70 baIes cotton,2 hasB seed
cotton, 72l oacks cotton Q I'd and 6S
packs ges sundrles. She returned last
night with fne TIP.
TnR Belle Memphis, from Vicks-
burg, passed 60 ~. Louis last night,
twenty four hours behind time. She
pm, of here 30 bsles cotton, IL BAYS
eeed cotton and 10 sacks cotton seed I.
THR Will 4. Hays, Capt. Frank NJ.
Caytoo, leaves here n o'clock this
evening Tor Helena, Terrene, Coucor.
dia, Arkansss City and ali way land
ings. VIM. BlAnker, Lew Price ard
Harry Beet arc her clerks,
Carr. CHARLIE WOODBURY., Of Bates
vile, AK, Was Ia Evansville Satur.
day. While there he purchM ell this
steamer Dick Williams, paying fiOOC
for her, Capt. Woodbury. will run
her In upper White river.
PIJors report "a feet from Cincin.
matt 10 Louisville, feet at Hughes,
feet at Blue River island, 3 feet at
Peckinpaugh's, "a NJ Flint Island, 3
feet at ChenAul's reach, "a at Lewis.
port, 20 irohes with the sick nj the
loot Of French Inland, 4 feet at Three
Mile. Channels crooked aud ragged.
7 uKRoY TELEGRAPH: The coal
trade from tue Piitsburg, Pomeroy
and K,uawha minoa Ia one that the
mOst ambitious railroads cannot Ab.
uoTb. To send ton Of coal from
these mines along 20C0 miles d voter.
way and deliver II az New Orleans
does not cust over 81 30. Tho most
AvAricioua railroad could not afford to
carry thlt amount one.tonth Of the
distance for the same price. l, Ia this
extreme chOapnees that has caused
the growth II the coal trade, aud lie
existence will be psrpstuated though
the continent be- oobwebbed with
railroads. Of this much sought Tor fuel
Oinninnati mills aad homes consup'e
80 W, eco huihels annually, Louisville
100000, Nav Orleans 800 700, Mem.
phis and VickBbuTg 100000 each,
aud smaller towns and villages along
the Ohio and MiBsifsippi rivers about
1900. 600 more. In transportation
this coal oopoigntd 10 the care Of a
siugle ,owboat 10 about 20OO0,0OO
tons, enough TO lead Eve oil tbs largest
OCEAN steamers 10 dangpT1ug depth.